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Seditious libel laws in Colonial America made it illegal to |
| | A) | hold a publisher in contempt |
| | B) | criticize freedom of speech |
| | C) | criticize the government or political leaders |
| | D) | censor the press |
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The Comstock Act, passed in 1873 was written to regulate |
| | A) | big business monopolies |
| | B) | obscenity |
| | C) | what and how the media could advertise |
| | D) | political ads |
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The Smith Act was created to |
| | A) | limit punishment of free speech to circumstances where that speech would create public danger |
| | B) | uphold censorship of ideas injurious to the WWI effort |
| | C) | make any criticism of the Wilson administration illegal |
| | D) | make illegal any speech that advocated the violent overthrow of the US government |
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The Fairness Doctrine required that |
| | A) | if a broadcast station permitted one legally qualified candidate for office to use its facility, it must allow all other legally qualified candidates for that office to do so |
| | B) | broadcasters provide airtime for the discussion of important public issues and that all viewpoints on these issues were covered |
| | C) | networks could not exert certain powers over their affiliates, and limited the number of local stations a network could own |
| | D) | network news could not express an endorsement of a political candidate, or make more favorable statements about one, than it did about his or her opponents |
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One effect of the governement's process of deregulation was |
| | A) | the FTC stopping ads it considered false and misleading |
| | B) | the breakup of NBC's two networks |
| | C) | media conglomerations becoming bigger |
| | D) | a removal of many obscenity laws as unconstitutional |
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The Supreme Court found the Communications Decency Act of 1966 unconstitutional because |
| | A) | it did not protect the privacy of Internet users from hackers |
| | B) | it did not provide the Internet the same kind of freedom as print media enjoyed |
| | C) | it ignored the standards of decency that had been established for TV and radio |
| | D) | all of the above |
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______________law is based on the collection of laws written by legislative bodies. |
| | A) | Constitutional |
| | B) | Administrative |
| | C) | Statutory |
| | D) | Common |
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Satire and comedy are protected from libel suits because |
| | A) | statements contained in them are privileged |
| | B) | their ideas are always true |
| | C) | they always appear in a transitory form such as speech |
| | D) | they are forms of fair comment |
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The fair use doctrine allows |
| | A) | purchasers of copyrighted work to own a facsimile and sell it or rent it out |
| | B) | copyright owners may make and distribute copies of that work for a specified period |
| | C) | copyrighted work to be copied by others for non-commercial use, with some conditions |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Shield laws are designed to protect |
| | A) | personal rights |
| | B) | intellectual property rights |
| | C) | news gathering rights |
| | D) | all of the above |
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A _________ is an exclusive right to manufacture, use or sell an invention for a specified number of years |
| | A) | trademark |
| | B) | patent |
| | C) | copyright |
| | D) | registration |
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The Freedom of Information Act is a federal law to ensure |
| | A) | open public meetings |
| | B) | confidentiality of news sources |
| | C) | open federal documents |
| | D) | open corporate business records |
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According to the text, which of the following is accepted as being most protected by the First Amendment? |
| | A) | artistic speech |
| | B) | commercial speech |
| | C) | private speech |
| | D) | political speech |
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Newspapers have been given more protection in libel cases than books or magazines, because it is assume the newspapers |
| | A) | are printed more frequently |
| | B) | cover subjects that are more serious |
| | C) | work under tighter deadline |
| | D) | write more about public figures |
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One solution to prejudicial publicity interfering with a trial is _________________, in which a judge warns jurors not to read, watch, or listen to news reports, and to consider only the evidence presented in the courtroom. |
| | A) | a gag order |
| | B) | admonition |
| | C) | sequestering |
| | D) | a continuance |
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